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Show ell~ 'Rose an~ Stiller to a lady now, he merely means:' You're .not a voter.' You 'II notice that in any gathenng of men, helmets are still worn." So he chattered, with apparent unconcern, but, none the less, he was keenly watching his patient. With tact that would have done credit to a diplomat, he kept the conversatiOn in agreeable channels. By noon, Allison had his clothes on, the coat being pinned under the left arm with two safety pins that did not show, and was out upon an upper veranda. Doctor Jack encouraged him to walk whenever he felt that he could, even though it was only to the other end of the veranda and back to his chair. Somewhat to his astonishment, Allison began to feel better. "I believe you're a miracle-worker," he said. "Two days ago, I was in bed, with neither strength, ambition, nor hope. Now I 've got all three." "No miracle," replied the other modestly. "Merely sense." That afternoon the Crosby twins telephoned to know whether they might call, and the nurse brought the query upstairs. "If they're amusing," said the doctor, "let 'em come." Allison replied that the twins had been highly amusing-until they ran "The Yellow Peril" over his left hand. "Poor little devils," he mused; .. they 've got something on their minds." 1Rillen from tbe lllea~ "Mighty lucky for you that it wasn't a macadamised boulevard instead of a sandy country road," observed the doctor. "The softness underneath has given us a doubt to work on." ~'How so?" "It's easier to crush anything on a hard surface than it is on a pillow, isn't it?" "Of course-I hadn't thought of that. If there had been more sand--" "I look to you to furnish that," returned the other with a quick twist of meaning. uYou 've got plenty of sand, if you have half a chance to show it." "How long-when do you think you 'II know? " Allison asked, half afraid of the answer. "If I knew, I 'd be glad to tell you, but I don't. I 've found out that it's easier to say' I don't know' straight out in plain English than it is to side-track. It used to be bad form, professionally, to admit ignorance, but it isn't now. People soon find it out and you might as well tell 'em at the start. You just go on and keep the fuel bins well supplied and the red corpuscles busy and pretty soon we 'II see what's doing." The twins were late in coming, because they had had a long discussion as to the propriety of wearing their sable garments. Romeo, disliking the trouble of changing, argued that "llDon't •now" |